Rohmer in Paris

Rohmer in Paris (2013)

A film about Eric Rohmer, Paris, and the pleasures of cinephilia. Between the late 1950s and mid-2000s, legendary Nouvelle vague cinéaste Eric Rohmer made over twenty feature films, short films, and television documentaries on location in Paris. Rohmer in Paris explores his relationship with this most cinematic of cities. Combining elements of essay film, biographical documentary, speculative fiction, and mashup, Rohmer in Paris provides an unconventional tour of Rohmer's films, of modern Paris, and of how we engage with cinema.

Date of release
2013-11-01
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Richard Misek

Interesting facts

Rohmer in Paris is a 2013 British documentary film by Richard Misek. It is about the depictions of Paris in the films of Éric Rohmer, one of the key figures of the French New Wave. The documentary consists almost exclusively of footage from Rohmer's Paris-set films, creating what Mark Adams of Screen calls "a historical and cultural snapshot of the city, all essentially viewed though Rohmer's Nouvelle Vague prism".

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